Unit 6 The passive voice 103 Present Continuous Theyre painting 5 Acid rain is destroying the Forest. Our house is being painted. ‘The Black Forest is being destroyed by acid rain. Passive with Present Continuous: verb to be + being + past participle ZB Rewrite using the passive voice. 1. They are decimating the Amazon Forest. 2. Greenpeace is informing the public about global warming. 3. The Civil Defence is warning people to stay at home. 4. The Red Cross is looking after the refugees. 5, Afamous interior designer is redecorating their house. 6. School children are cleaning the beaches. 7. They are selling cakes to raise money. 8. The drought is killing thousands. ‘9. They are developing new vaccines. 10. Atutor is teaching Jill at home. Past Continuous | (@ were reforesting thi in. Factories were polluti | Peopte 9 ries ing | That mountain was being reforested. The river was being polluted by factories. A Passive with Past Continuous: was / were + being + past participle ZB Rewrite using the passive voice. 1. They were cleaning the classroom when we arrived. 2. They were diverting the traffic while they were doing road works. 3. Somebody was stealing schoolbags. 4, The demonstrators were burning cars. . 5. The floor was wet because they were washing it. ©. They were encouraging the students to work harder. 7. The seniors were showing the new students round the school. 8. They were wasting too much time. i ©. The dog was chasing the cat. = 10. Birds were eating all the figs.